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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

I
finally had time to put all of these lists together as I've been
testing pretty intensely the past few weeks. As always, let me know of
any calculations errors/typos or anything else in The Decklist Out. The
Decklist Out is meant completely for you, so I want it to be as smooth
to read as possible. Also, if you feel like there is any list missing
from the list, let me know and I'll consider if I'll add it!

Also,
for those who didn't know yet, I'm going to visit Tokyo in early
January and will hopefully be able to visit local league(s) there and
discuss with some people and watch Japanese players play games. I'll try
to take lots of pictures as well!

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The – in my opinion – real Pokémon TCG season has finally started thanks to
City Championships! Last weekend was the first weekend of Cities, so we don’t
have a full point of view to how the metagame really looks like. One thing’s
for sure either way – the current format is very versatile. In fact, the
current format seems a lot more versatile than I first thought it would look
like. Everything from Eelektriks to Garchomp/Landorus EXs has been winning the
tournaments. I’m sure the metagame will get more focused during the weeks of
Cities, but for now let’s enjoy for the good format.

Anyways, today, I’m going back to basics and discussing Darkrai variants.
Included in this entry will be of course my new Hammertime variant, Speed
Darkrai variantand the a lot discussed
Darkrai/Fighting. Also, if you haven’t yet seen the Gym Challenge winning
decklists from Japan that included one very interesting Darkrai EX variant,
I’ll take a quick look at it as well.

So, lots of lists and analysis. I’m feeling like writing an UG article! So,
let’s start with the Japanese winning list, if you hadn’t seen it yet!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Today, I’m going to take a look at a deck that can be called old school,
because it has so many predecessors in the past formats. Rain Dance –like
Abilities have been around from the Base Set and they have always been
tournament-winning concepts. I expect nothing less from the new Boundaries
Crossed Blastoise – even though its Ability’s name is Deluge, not Rain Dance.

Blastoise has been one of the most discussed cards of BC ever since it was
released in Japan, because of its history. However, it hasn’t really been that
successful in the Japan. What is the reason behind this and is it going to
break its way to the tier1 in the west? I’ll answer these questions and more in
this article. I’ll take a look at many different Blastoise variants and discuss
which techs are the best and why.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Today’s article will be very unorthodox article for me, because I’ll be
concentrating on one card and one card only. The card is Ditto from Boundaries
Crossed. What was the reason, why I chose Ditto? You know that I’ve made
articles of single cards like Mewtwo EX in the past, but Ditto is nowhere as
good as Mewtwo EX – or is it? I don’t think these two cards can even be
compared, because they have so different functions in their decks.

However, the reason why I chose Ditto for this article was simple – it’s one of
the most controversial cards of the new set and has caused a lot of discussion.
Some players – like myself- have been hyping it, some have been saying that it
just isn’t good enough card to put into a deck and some don’t really know what
to think about it. No matter, what’s your opinion, I hope I’ll be able to give
you some food for thought about Ditto. Also, for those who are still wondering
what’s with all this discussion about Ditto, I’ll hopefully be able to provide
a throughout guide to how and why correctly play Ditto. I've got SO many questions about Ditto from players all over the world that I believe this entry will answer all the answers I have received and more!